Smart Talk: Amish expert Don Kraybill
What to look for on Smart Talk Monday, March 30, 2015:
The popular motion picture Witness, starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, resulted in an uptick in interest in the Amish in 1985.
The execution style shooting of 10 Amish girls, including five who died, in a Nickel Mines, Lancaster County school house in 2006.
Is there a real Amish Mafia like the network TV shows portray?
Besides the focus on the Amish, the one constant in all three examples and many others is Dr. Donald Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
Kraybill is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on the Amish. As such he the first person the media seeks when the Amish are in the news. But that’s just a small part of his career. Kraybill continues to learn, teach, and write about the Amish.
Don Kraybill is retiring this spring.
He’ll appear on Monday’s Smart Talk to discuss his career and answer questions about the Amish.
Dr. Don Kraybill
To read about the PBS program that Dr. Kraybill mentioned on the show, visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/amish/
To read about the book Amish Grace, mentioned on the show, visit: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2007/09/21/september-21-2007-amish-grace-how-forgiveness-transcended-tragedy/4298/
